Description:
Hospice 101 is an introduction to hospice care designed for those who are new to the concept of hospice care. The program reviews the history of hospice, the Medicare hospice benefit, the focus of hospice care, and services generally provided by hospice programs. It also reviews the differences between hospice and palliative care.

Objectives:

• Participant will list at least three services provided by hospice programs
• Participant will describe one of the principles of hospice care
• Participant will describe how hospice affirms life

*** Hospice Education Network is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Massachusetts Association of Registered Nurses, Inc., an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

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